Special Commemorative Pope John Paul II Commemorative Pope John Paul II To order extra copies of the Commemorative issues click here or call From the Pope Benedict XVI Supplement: Letters from the Pope Just three months before he died of cancer last year, Msgr. Thomas J. Herron, the former pastor of St. Laurence Parish in Upper Darby, received a personal letter from his former boss, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Prayer: Black Catholic: Many stories, one heart: More than 950 sisters from four religious congregations met at Immaculata University for three days on July 29, to celebrate their shared, but little-known, history extending back to the early 19th century. Dispatches from Rome: Father Joe Roesch, who used to write The CS&T’s popular column “Ask Father Joe,” is now Second General Councilor of the Rome Congregation of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, which promotes the message of Divine Mercy around the world. He has agreed to write a column for us about what it’s like to be in Rome during the opening days of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, and about his own Divine Mercy apostolate. In the Parishes: Focus on Bucks County’s Immaculate Conception Parish, Levittown Vocations: From the Brook: A Weekly Profile of Members of the Ordination Class of 2005 from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood | This Week's Issue Cardinal's statement on Hurricane Katrina The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Catholic League High School Football Preview Featuring stories on: O'Hara's coach Dan Algeo Wood's coach Joe Powel Bonner's QB Marc Verica Carroll's Ellis Rogers Blue Division Red Division Pilgrim priests: On the road to Santiago de Compostela Some folks head for the mountains during a summer break, others to the seashore. Two Philadelphia priests, Msgr. Joseph Prior, rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and Father James Oliver, assistant to the Vicar for the Clergy, managed to fit both in during a bicycle trek across the northern rim of Spain from June 24 to July 5. Rise in murders of pregnant women LaToya Figueroa, who was 24 years old and five months pregnant, was last seen alive July 18. Her badly decomposed body was found two weeks ago, in a wooded lot in Chester, after a month-long search. Her former boyfriend and the father of her unborn child, Jason Poaches, has been charged with her murder. Restoring order in the Supreme Court If you had a choice in the matter, would you allow prayer in public schools? Would you vote for access to abortion even to the point of partial birth? Do you think the Ten Commandments should be removed from public places? And what about the prospect of same-sex marriage? If you were given the chance, would you vote for it? | The Catholic Standard & Times Issue of September 1, 2005
Little Mohawk princess: Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha: To coincide with Blessed Kateri’s feast day on July 14, the CS&T starts a four-part series about Blessed Kateri’s life in this issue. The articles and coloring pages are intended to educate young Catholics about the life of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American proposed for canonization. Her cause was opened in 1884.
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